Written question asked by John Cummings (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 April 2009. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 30 April 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the membership is of each working group of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of which the UK is a member; and what recent assessment he has made of the progress of each such working group;

Answer: The membership and progress of the current working groups established to develop draft guidelines under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is set out by the World Health Organisation on its website at:"www.who.int/fctc/coop/working_groups/en/index.html"Progress made by the intergovernmental negotiating body on a protocol on illicit trade in tobacco products is set out by the World Health Organisation on its website at:"www.who.int/fctc/inb/en"Reports from FCTC Conferences of the Parties are published by the World Health Organisation on its website at:"www.who.int/fctc/cop/en"

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